Unexpected campaign bonuses.

As a result of my campaign, I was tapped to apply for a board seat for a pretty well-known civic organization in the city.

And, a congressional candidate for my district who's primarying the incumbent looked me up and wanted to meet me for coffee to pick my brains, and I was able to advise him some on issues and on strategy and I had some takes that dovetailed with what he was thinking and that he seemed to appreciate.

Both are totally unexpected bonuses; getting the shit on the incumbent out into the press was great and made everything more than worthwhile, and now this is just cake.

Some of the articles that came out with more details in the big papers after the election have really turned a lot of people against the incumbent, too, people have been saying...  Too bad it didn't happen before the election, but oh well, better late than never...  :/